Building Public Trust in the Promise of Liberal Education and Inclusive Excellence

Posted by Association of American Colleges and Universities on May 30, 2016

Building Public Trust in the Promise of Liberal Education and Inclusive Excellence

January 25–28, 2017
San Francisco, California
Call for Proposals: Deadline July 22, 2016

The Association of American Colleges and Universities invites you and your colleagues to submit a proposal for our 2017 Annual Meeting, “Building Public Trust in the Promise of Liberal Education and Inclusive Excellence.”

http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/am17

Proposals can be submitted online through July 22, 2016. In addition to proposals for the Annual Meeting, we are seeking proposals for the Eighth Annual E-Portfolio Forum. Complete information about submitting proposals is available online.

About the Annual Meeting
The AAC&U 2017 Annual Meeting will respond to the urgent need—expressed by educators from campuses across the country—for more effective approaches to restoring public trust in higher education and improving public understanding of how liberal education and inclusive excellence are valuable “public” and “private” goods. Rebuilding the public’s trust requires educators and leaders from across sectors to paint a more compelling and vivid picture of how colleges and universities are improving student learning and reinventing liberal education to serve today’s students and to solve today’s challenges.

Sessions and speakers will move beyond familiar dichotomous arguments that describe the purpose of higher education as either preparation for work or broad learning for life and citizenship. Rather than positioning liberal education as a contested alternative to pure vocationalism, the meeting will reflect how AAC&U member institutions are offering students a liberal education that is engaged with the world—and preparing them for their futures as workers, citizens, and community members.

Front and center will be how today’s liberal education must serve the cause of equity in American society—educating and graduating students from all backgrounds equipped to lead and contribute to our diverse democracy.

The Annual Meeting will provide an opportunity for the entire AAC&U community to come together, commit to enacting our principle of inclusive excellence, and leave with clear plans of action. Sessions will focus on moving from intention to public commitment to practice—putting equity-minded policies into effect and shaping transformative learning experiences for students across majors and disciplines. The meeting will demonstrate how liberal education and inclusive excellence can be embraced by everyone on campus—administrators, faculty, staff, and students—and become the linchpins for effective institutional change and for compelling public narratives.

We welcome compelling session proposals in the following key topic areas:

• Innovative Practices for Student Learning and Student Success
• Equity-Minded Policies and Practices
• Preparing and Engaging Faculty
• Higher Education’s Response to Challenges to Liberal Education: Communicating with the Public—and With Each Other
• Technology, Digital Learning, and Student Success
• The Power of Global and Civic Learning across the Curriculum
• Higher Education Policy and the Public Good: Shifting Priorities, Aligning Practices

Deadline: July 22, 2016. Please see online guidelines for more information.

http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/AM17/cfp

We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco, and we welcome your proposals. If you would like additional information about the Call for Proposals or the Annual Meeting, please e-mail meetings@aacu.org or call us at 202-387-3760.